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re·late

 (rĭ-lāt′)
v. re·lat·ed, re·lat·ing, re·lates
v.tr.
1. To give an account of (an occurrence, for example); narrate. See Synonyms at describe.
2. To establish or demonstrate a connection between: I related his grumpiness to a lack of sleep.
v.intr.
1. To have connection, relation, or reference: how education relates to income; a question relating to foreign policy.
2. To have or establish a social relationship; interact: She relates well to her peers.
3. To understand or react favorably to someone or something: I just can't relate to these new fashions.
Phrasal Verb:
relate back
Law To treat as accomplished on an earlier date although actually done on a later date.

[Obsolete French relater, from Old French, from Latin relātus, past participle of referre : re-, re- + lātus, brought; see telə- in Indo-European roots.]

re·lat′er n.
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Yet went she not, as not with such discourse Delighted, or not capable her eare Of what was high: such pleasure she reserv'd, ADAM relating, she sole Auditress; Her Husband the Relater she preferr'd Before the Angel, and of him to ask Chose rather; hee, she knew would intermix Grateful digressions, and solve high dispute With conjugal Caresses, from his Lip Not Words alone pleas'd her.
Other techniques are also used to join sentences together, for example, we use synonymy, place and time relaters, determiners, proforms (pronouns, pro-verbs, and other pro-forms), ellipsis, enumeration, parallelism (repetition of sentence structure), conjunctions and various transitions.
These notions include values (Ripley et al., 2005), the social exchange of costs and rewards (Kelley & Thibaut, 1978; Murstein & Azar, 1986; Rusbult, 1983), the sense of over-benefiting and under-benefitting in inequitable relationships (Walster, Berscheid, & Walster, 1973), the perception of under-contributing and over-contributing when relaters manage relational distress (Sprecher, 2001), degrees of record-keeping to maintain equity (e.g.
The sale included a coin-operated laundry business and all relaters, equipment and restaurant equipment.
Chuck bares his soul as he relaters how a "look in the mirror" revealed his human frailties.
Wilson recalls that Smith had acted more chatty and gregarious than he does around the office and in his personal life, and Smith had said he was practicing the "Platinum Rule." Smith had explained that people want to be communicated with as they like to communicate, and four basic personality styles define how people prefer to give and receive information: directors, socializers, relaters, or thinkers.
Endorsing the idea the Turkmen Ambassador said the recent visit fo Pakistan high powered delegation to Turkmenistan is a welcome development of far reaching consequences it provides a solid foundation for further expanding and consolidating economic relaters between the two countries, he added.
Even though many men are relaters, the value of that isn't appreciated.
TABLE 1 Number of dung beetles and ants attracted to scats of Didelphis using pitfalls in an urban forest fragment of 5 ha in southern Brazil during colder and warmer months of 2000 Species or group No of individuals April July October Scarabeidae and relaters Dichotomius assifer 29 / 1 16 / 0 21 / 0 Eurysternus cyanescens 80 / 12 0 / 0 41 / 7 Coleopterans of 5 to 10 mm 6 / 0 41 / 0 7 / 1 Coleopterans < 5 mm 81 / 6 21 / 1 104 / 13 Formicidae Acromirmex spp.
Story consultant and former studio executive D'Vari explains her trademarked system for writing and developing characters for fiction and film based on the idea that characters tend to be "Movers," "Observers," "Relaters" and "Energizers." She describes the ways each personality type relates to the others, how many of each personality type different stories will typically and logically support, what types of preferences and phobias each personality type has, how personality types set and achieve goals, and how each type tends to handle dialogue.
These types of stories are variously known as urban myths or urban legends, tales which the relaters would often like to believe to be true rather than the actual truth.
He begins with the resolve 'to insert nothing in this Treatise, but what I had received upon the Credit of those that had been Eye-Witnesses of their own Relations', which might be compared with Milton's reference only to 'Eye-Witnesses, or immediate Relaters from such as were' (CPW viii.